Ernestine Scheer 2

The one smile

Smiles lightly given and flighty

as they often have to be

are defied by the one smile that cradles.

The one smile

that cradles the world

– lifting it, rocking it, setting it free –

however unbearably light or unbearably brief

its moment may be.

(Geschreven door Ernestine Scheer en voorgelezen tijdens 'Woorden van leven en dood', december 2013)